Thursday, July 22, 2010

With school just around the corner, many are hoping to take advantage of the tax free weekends available in select states. The list is as correct as I have been able to find. There are links to your states tax and revenue to verify or stay up to date on any changes. If your state is not listed check with your states tax and revenue. It is possible there was a change that offers a tax free weekend and I missed it.

Note: Connecticut is also offering a sales tax and use tax exemption on purchases and leases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles between January 1, 2008 and June 30, 2010. For more information, visit the State of Connecticut Department of Revenue Services.

Note: Individual municipalities can choose to opt-out of the sales tax holiday, so you will need to check with your town hall or municipality office to ensure that the tax holiday is indeed taking place in your area.

WAHM Tip of the Week

While free ads are great, they are not always effective. You may spend a lot of valuable time placing free ads, surfing traffic exchanges, or just searching these out. Most times you are just advertising to others who are advertising themselves and not actually going to buy anything. Instead find 5 free places to place an ad and 2 places for paid ad space. Find well placed ad spots where your target audience is actually going to. Leave these ads for 3 months. If they produce nothing, remove your ad and more on. If they are producing results, continue your campaign. In these ads always include some sort of code or promotion so you know what campaign is working and which is not.

Recipe of the week

A new favorite around my home is a Mango Tea Punch. I made it on a whim and it has stuck every since. Give it a try this summer!